With expert contributors from around the world sharing their knowledge on 57 new cutting-edge areas of interest, Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 6 continues to provide outstanding coverage of today's most relevant topics. This book is an essential resource in zoo and wild animal medicine, addressing the special challenges posed by individual and herd medical management, newly emerging diseases in diverse wild animal populations, the effect of habitat loss and destruction on wildlife species, and the utilization of zoo animals in the surveillance and detection of potential zoonoses. The user-friendly current therapy approach continues to serve a vital function in the field by fostering a conservation biology ethic, bridging the gap between captive and free-ranging wild animal medicine, from a diverse group of experts.

• Includes practical guidance on such topics as behavioral training for medical procedures and the use of infrared thermography.
• Divided into four sections -- Conditions Affecting Multiple Species, Poikilotherms, Avian Medicine, and Mammals -- to help you find the information you need quickly.
• Extensive contributor list includes multinational contributors offering expert information on species from around the world.

• Presents timely topics in zoo and wild animal medicine with 57 new chapters to provide the best and most current information available.
• The most up-to-date information on hot topics such as avian influenza, West Nile virus, and other pathogens threatening wildlife and human populations on a global scale.
• Cutting-edge insights on environmental and public health concerns, such as occupational exposure to zoonotic simian retroviruses and use of wildlife rehabilitation centers as monitors for ecosystem health.
• A color plate section presents vivid depictions of external clinical signs for more accurate clinical recognition.

Section I: Conditions Affecting Multiple Species1. West Nile Virus in Birds and Mammals2. Current Diagnostic Methods for Tuberculosis in Zoo Animals3. Use of Infrared Thermography in Zoo and Wild Animals4. Behavioral Clues to the Detection of Illness in Wild Animals: Models in Camelids and Elephants5. Ionophores: Salinomycin Toxicity in Camelids6. Emerging Diseases at the Interface of People, Domestic Animals and Wildlife7. Behavioral Training for Medical Procedures8. The "Balai" Directive of the European Union: A Difficult Piece of Veterinary Legislation9. Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection in Zoo Animals10. Avian InfluenzaConservation Medicine11. Disease Management in Ex-Situ Invertebrate Conservation Programs12. Use of Wildlife Rehabilitation Centers as Monitors of Ecosystem Health13. Biopsy DartingSection II: PoikilothermsFish14. Selected Fish Diseases in Wild Populations15. Spring Viremia of Carp Virus (SVCV)Amphibians16. Veterinary Participation in the Puerto Rican Crested Toad Program17. Amphibian Chytridiomycosis18. Raising Giant TortoisesReptiles19. Reptile Protozoa20. Fluid Therapy in ReptilesSection III: Avian Medicine21. Salmonellosis in Songbirds (Order Passeriformes)22. Veterinary Care of Bustards23. Medical Management of Curassows24. Monitoring Avian Health in the Galápagos Islands: Current Knowledge 25. Avian Atherosclerosis26. Minerals and Stork Nutritions27. The Veterinary Care of KiwiSection IV: MammalsChiroptera28. Paramyxoviruses in BatsRodents29. Medical Aspects of Red Squirrel TranslocationPrimates30. Neuroleptics in Great Apes with Specific Reference to the Modification of Aggressive Behavior in a Male Gorilla31. Occupational Exposure to Zoonotic Simian RetrovirusesCarnivores32. Neurological Disorders in Cheetahs and Snowleopards33. Imbalanced Diets Compromise Semen Quality in Felids34. Baylisascaris Neural Larval Migrans in Zoo Animals35. Use of Analgesics in Exotic Felids36. Mycobacterial Diseases in CarnivoresMarine mammals37. Melioidosis in Marine Mammals38. Inflammation in Marine Mammals39. Capture and Anesthesia of Otariids in the Wild40. Tissue Cyst-Forming Coccidia of Marine Mammals41. Algal Bloom Toxicity in Marine AnimalsElephants42. Elephant Herpesviruses43. Tuberculosis in Elephants44. Neonatal Elephant Mortality45. Working Elephant Health Care and ManagementArtiodactylids46. Camelinds are Not Ruminants47. Uroliths and Gastro-Enteroliths48. Congenital/Hereditary Defects in Camelidae49. Hypocalcemia, Hypomagnesemia in Non-Domestic Ruminants50. Diseases of Chamois51. Gastro-Intestinal Nematodiasis in Hoofstock52. Tuberculosis in Michigan Deer53. Chronic Wasting Disease of Cervid Species54. Heartwater (Ehrlichia Ruminantium)55. The Nutrition of "Browsers56. Side Effects of Etorphine and Carfentanil in Non-Domestic Hoofstock57. Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure in Non-Domestic Felids